Notre Dame has been a cursed institution ever since it invited the abortion loving Obama to give its commencement speech.
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I graduated from ND in 1974. It was an all-male college then. Quite a bit different today, I suppose.
In the dormitory, they said Mass every night and it was a very good spiritual thing, though I didn’t go often.
But in hindsight, there were only a few classes where the teacher really was inspiring. Not so sure what I learned there except living away from home.
The decay is predictable given how academics stick together and are the original conformists to the Leftist anti-gospel.
I will never give a nickel to them as an alum. But I like what Liberty University is doing. They are carrying the mantle of the Christian university — all power to them.
Ultimately, I think Catholicism has suffered because they can no longer attract the caliber of men they used to in the old days — with the exception of places like Poland. Notre Dame even hired Buttgeig’s father as a professor.
If the fig tree bears no fruit, it should be struck down.
Your point about Catholicism failing to attract people of caliber, faith filled, intelligent, courageous to speak truth to power and dedicated to fill its leadership, clergy and teaching posts is spot on. Suspect the vast majority of the Notre Dame faculty is predictably agnostic. When was the last time anyone associated with Notre Dame spoke against abortion or even condemned homosexual predatory behavior violating minors. Also if you listen to most Bishops and Cardinals carefully, it becomes very apparent that these men reached their positions not so much for their holiness or dedication to the Church but rather for their political and social skills.
Not to step under the shadow of religion:
ND lost when TPTB agreed to cover the fact of GOD and RELIGION when the Dark Won requested they do so before he spoke. SATAN commands? and ND bows to the request? Never should have happened.
ND has a football team (or they once did). “I don’t know nufin ‘bout college education they provide”
History is filled with spoiled Popes. Why is that? History has also shown Holy Popes who make the world a better place. This generation, fortunate we were well acquainted with one such as he.